Hi, Platform is red hat linux-9.......... my hardware is 2.8GHz pentium-4 with 512 GB ram.. softwares are Bugzilla 2.18 ,mysql-standard-4.0.15-pc-linuĀx-i686, httpd-2.0.40-21........ now problem is when i m trying to take back up of mysql by passing the command.. /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump bugs -uroot > /home/manish/bug_bkp.sql i got the error usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect.. ..........well i m able to start mysql server but can't able to take backup..
plz help me out .... Manish Popli --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiorano MailServer All incoming and outgoing mails are scanned for Virus and Spam http://www.fiorano.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]